A Wisconsin teenager went missing while on vacation at an Alabama beach and his parents are desperate to recover his body.News outlets report Jevon Lemke, 17, was swimming near Fort Morgan on March 25 when he was pulled under by a rip current. His father, Chris Lemke, told People he and his wife, Carrie, were swimming in the ocean when the riptide began to overwhelm them. Their teen son was one of several people who jumped in to help, but he was swept away. “He was pulled out further … we went back in to try to get Jevon, but he was too far out. I tried yelling for Jevon,” Chris Lemke said. “We went and got help, we waited for the ambulance. There wasn’t much we could do. We were kind of helpless waiting for everyone to get there to try to search for him and get him out of the water.”"Selfless. He was selfless. He didn't think about himself first - it was others. Always," family members told WALA.Fog and rough surf have been hindering search efforts. The Lemke family has been desperately watching and waiting as volunteers and the U.S. Coast Guard search for the teen, who is presumed dead. "We plan to stay until there's no hope in finding Jevon. I hope that happens. I don't want to be greedy, I don't want to take away from people, but I just want to find my son. That's all," Chris Lemke said.Family members asked locals to keep an eye out. "Just keep watching for him. If you're a fisherman or anything just keep watching for him. I know he's probably not alive. But I want to take him back to Wisconsin. That's all that I ask. If you have a plane - please if you're going over just check for me. That's all we ask," Chris Lemke said. On Monday, the family was forced to return home without their son's body. “Now, I want to give Jevon his proper burial, even though we don’t have a body to bury. I want to make sure he’s at peace,” Chris Lemke told People. “We’re never gonna move on from Jevon, there’s no way. But we have to trust that the Lord’s gonna take care of it.”Chris Lemke said there wasn't much he didn't like about his son, who was a junior in high school. He said his favorite thing about Jevon was "his heart." A GoFundMe account has been created for the Lemke family.

FORT MORGAN, Ala. —

A Wisconsin teenager went missing while on vacation at an Alabama beach and his parents are desperate to recover his body.

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News outlets report Jevon Lemke, 17, was swimming near Fort Morgan on March 25 when he was pulled under by a rip current.

His father, Chris Lemke, told People he and his wife, Carrie, were swimming in the ocean when the riptide began to overwhelm them. Their teen son was one of several people who jumped in to help, but he was swept away.

“He was pulled out further … we went back in to try to get Jevon, but he was too far out. I tried yelling for Jevon,” Chris Lemke said. “We went and got help, we waited for the ambulance. There wasn’t much we could do. We were kind of helpless waiting for everyone to get there to try to search for him and get him out of the water.”

"Selfless. He was selfless. He didn't think about himself first - it was others. Always," family members told WALA.

Fog and rough surf have been hindering search efforts. The Lemke family has been desperately watching and waiting as volunteers and the U.S. Coast Guard search for the teen, who is presumed dead.

"We plan to stay until there's no hope in finding Jevon. I hope that happens. I don't want to be greedy, I don't want to take away from people, but I just want to find my son. That's all," Chris Lemke said.

Family members asked locals to keep an eye out.

"Just keep watching for him. If you're a fisherman or anything just keep watching for him. I know he's probably not alive. But I want to take him back to Wisconsin. That's all that I ask. If you have a plane - please if you're going over just check for me. That's all we ask," Chris Lemke said.

On Monday, the family was forced to return home without their son's body.

“Now, I want to give Jevon his proper burial, even though we don’t have a body to bury. I want to make sure he’s at peace,” Chris Lemke told People. “We’re never gonna move on from Jevon, there’s no way. But we have to trust that the Lord’s gonna take care of it.”

Chris Lemke said there wasn't much he didn't like about his son, who was a junior in high school. He said his favorite thing about Jevon was "his heart."